Rolls-Royce and European Space Agency embark on digital shipping project

by Gadget Rumors ·
Published December 10, 2017
· Updated December 10, 2017

Rolls-Royce and the European Space Agency have signed an agreement to investigate the use of space technologies for remote-controlled and autonomous shipping.

Rolls Royce vision for an autonomous ship

Operating vessels remotely is not new to the space industry, so the collaborators will explore the possibility of software and satellite-based technologies developed by the sector being used in the maritime field.

This includes developments to wireless networks including satellite carrier systems to allow vessel-to-shore and…